Saturday, March 9, 2013

The Atomic Age

The only thing worth noting in Héléna Klotz’sAtomic Age(The Atomic Age), which showed at Lincoln Center’s
Rendez Vous with the French
Cinema is Héléne Louvart’s excellent cinematography.

For some inexplicable reason,
this film won a prize in Berlin and ended up being shown, again for some
inexplicable reason, at this festival.

This is the tale
of two friends, who come to Paris for a night on the town….when?Now? In
the Reagan era, since we hear the President speaking on the soundtrack?Who cares? The only relief is that it is over
in a little over an hour.

The film echoes
Sartre’s Being and Nothingness and gives a depiction of what some friend’s
in France have said is the tenner of the times, i.e., boring.
As a Francophiel, I hate to think that’s the case.

I give Atomic Age a 2 out of 5 because I’m feeling generous and the
Walter Reade Theater has good popcorn.

About Me

Brian Porzak: I am a cinephile who likes to view films with a live audience. My taste runs the gamut, including indies, studio films, foreign films and most all genres. Because I see so many films, friends often ask me what to see. So, I thought I'd blog about what is worth seeing or not. As a writer/filmmaker myself, I hope to give a more uplifting perspective than the typical critic. Filmmaking is tremendously difficult. Just because some problems might exist in a particular work does not, necessarily, destroy its enjoyability and I think that is necessary to point out to would-be viewers.
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